UNDERFUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION HARMS ALL WISCONSIN STUDENTS
Disproportionately impacts students in high-poverty and majority-minority districts October 11, 2022 Wisconsin’s low reimbursement rate for special education…
NEW REPORT: ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS REMAIN SEVERELY UNDER-RESOURCED DESPITE FUNDING REFORM LAW
State Must Boost Funding by more than $1 Billion Per Year to Meet Law’s 2027 Deadline FOR IMMEDIATE…
CHILD ADVOCATES TO PENNSYLVANIA COURT: MONEY MATTERS!
Citing a growing body of rigorous research, Education Law Center, together with 20 education advocacy and child welfare…
GEORGIA COALITION LAUNCHES SCHOOL FUNDING CAMPAIGN
On January 6, Fund Georgia’s Future kicked off a statewide effort to adequately fund Georgia’s Quality Basic Education…
TRIAL COURT ORDERS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO TRANSFER $1.75 BILLION TO FUND STATE’S COMPREHENSIVE REMEDIAL PLAN
By David Hinojosa and Elizabeth Haddix Seventeen years after the North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s…
NORTH CAROLINA COURT ORDERS STATE TO “SEEK AND SECURE” FUNDING TO REMEDY CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS
By Wendy Lecker In a major development in the North Carolina school funding case, Leandro v. State, Wake…
KANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATES SCORE KEY VICTORIES IN 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
In the legislative session that just ended, advocates in Kansas notched some crucial wins, despite facing a legislative…
GEORGIA STUDENTS NEED ADEQUATELY FUNDED SCHOOLS, NOT ANOTHER CULTURE WAR
June 9, 2021 The statewide coalition, Fund Georgia’s Future, is challenging Governor Brian Kemp to meet his stated…
NEW MEXICO COURT ORDERS STUDENT ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND HIGH-SPEED INTERNET
The State of New Mexico has been ordered to determine the need for computer devices and high-speed internet and…
TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT REACHED IN MINNESOTA SCHOOL SEGREGATION CASE
A landmark Minnesota school segregation case is nearing settlement. But the resolution of Cruz-Guzman v. State is contingent…